Seleucia-on-the-Hedyphon (Greek: Σελεύκεια η προς Ηδυφώντι, also transliterated as Seleuceia, Seleukeia; formerly Soloke or Soloce, Sodome, and Sele, also Surak) was an ancient city on the Hedyphon (now called the Jarahi River) in Susa (earlier Elam), east of Mesopotamia, currently the site of Ja Nishin, Khuzestan province, Iran.[1][2][3]
Greek: Σελεύκεια η προς Ηδυφώντι | |
  Shown within Iran | |
| Location | Iran |
|---|---|
| Region | Khuzestan Province |
| Coordinates | 30°59′14.0″N 49°25′36.2″E / 30.987222°N 49.426722°E |
References
edit- ^ Talbert, Richard J.A., ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 93. ISBN 0-691-03169-X.
- ^ Cohen, Getzel M. (2013-06-02). The Hellenistic Settlements in the East from Armenia and Mesopotamia to Bactria and India. University of California Press. pp. 192–3. ISBN 9780520953567.
- ^ Katrien De Graef; Jan Tavernier (2013). Susa and Elam. Archaeological, Philological, Historical and Geographical Perspectives. BRILL. p. 511. ISBN 978-90-04-20741-7.